Interesting to compare 

   +/100000000#52    NB. about 1 sec
5.2e9

   +/100000000#52x   NB. about 1 min
5200000000

about the same memory. 

Let's verify precisely:

   10 ts '+/100000000#52'
0.834533 5.36872e8

   2 ts '+/100000000#52x'
54.2623 5.36873e8




> From: Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> I thought displaying it would be boring - but maybe not any more 
> boring than $ or +/ ...
> 
> At 08:40  -0700 2008/09/27, Roger Hui wrote:
> >The difference is that Joey's expression did not
> >try to generate the display of 1e8#52 but Paul's
> >expression did, and it's in the generation of
> >that display that the limit error was signaled.
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Joey K Tuttle 
> >Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:22
> >Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Limit error
> >To: General forum 
> >
> >>  Works OK on my Mac...
> >>
> >>      $100000000 # 52
> >>  100000000
> >>
> >>      version ''
> >>  Installer: j602a_mac_powerpc.dmg
> >>  Engine: j602/2008-03-03/16:45
> >>  Library: 6.02.023ProductName:    Mac OS X
> >>  ProductVersion:    10.5.5
> >>
> >>
> >>  At 15:52  +0100 2008/09/27, Paul Moore wrote:
> >>  >In J32 on Windows, 100000000 # 52 gives a limit error. What
> >>  does this
> >>  >mean? I can't see anything stating that there is a limit in
> >>  array size
> >>  >(other than available memory) in the documentation.
> >>  >
> >>  >Is it possible for me to create a hundred-million entry array? (Such
> >>  >an array of integers would be 400M in size, I have 2G so memory
> >>  should>not be an issue).
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